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News & Events May 2007
Dear Friend,

The Friends of Mount Auburn is pleased to present the May 2007 edition of our electronic newsletter. We invite you to join our email list to receive this mailing on a monthly basis. If you haven't done so already, click the link above to verify your interest in receiving our newsletter. To ensure that you continue to receive emails from us, add [email protected] to your address book today.


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Mount Auburn: Celebrating 175 Years
Please join us on Tuesday, May 15, for a lecture with Dr. Charles Beveridge, Series Editor of The Papers of Frederick Law Olmsted, and Arleyn Levee, a national expert on cultural landscape preservation.

The final lecture in our seven-part series "Facets of Mount Auburn: Celebrating 175 Years of a Boston Jewel," will concentrate on The Cemetery and the Park: Nature, The Designed Landscape and Urban Planning.

The program is free to the public and will begin promptly at 6:00 PM in the Rabb Auditorium of the Boston Public Library in Copley Square, followed by a reception with the speakers and a chance to enter to win Mount Auburn-related raffle prizes and a special item related to the lecture, which will be revealed later.

Co-sponsored with the National Association for Olmsted Parks, Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site and Friends of Fairsted.

Space is limited for this event and registration is requested. Please call 617-607-1995 or register online for this program. To ensure a seat in the auditorium, please plan to arrive early for the lecture.

Learn more about Mount Auburn's 175th Anniversary .



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Horticultural Highlight
Begin the month of May at Mount Auburn with a visit to the lovely Magnoliasoulangiana 'Lennei' on Indian Ridge Path near Catalpa Path at the Cemetery.

Number 58 on the Mount Auburn Unusual Trees Map, the hybrid Magnoliasoulangiana 'Lennei' commonly known as Saucer Magnolia, is a cross between M. denudata and M. liliflora that originally occurred in 1820's Paris.

This particular cultivar arose in Italy around 1850 through efforts of a gardener whose name is now lost to obscurity. It was brought to Germany in 1854 by a nurseryman (Topf of Erfurt) who gave the cultivar it's name honoring Peter Joseph Lenn� (1789-1866), Director-General of the Royal Botanic Gardens of Prussia. The plant was described by one author in the 1860s as "a gift of the charming little bees of Lombardy" (Bean, 1973).

Learn more about Mount Auburn's horticultural collections.



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Special Events at Mount Auburn
Two free events will occur in May at Mount Auburn:

Join us at 3:00 PM on Saturday, May 19, for a spring concert in celebration of Mount Auburn Cemetery's 175th Anniversary. Soloist Jean Danton, accompanied by pianist Thomas Stumpf, will perform works by some of the musicians and composers buried at Mount Auburn including Arthur Foote (1853-1937), George Chadwick (1854-1931) and Randall Thompson (1899-1984) among others.

Note: This special event originally advertised in the Spring 2007 Public Programs brochure to begin at 2:00 PM will now begin at 3:00 PM in Mount Auburn's historic Bigelow Chapel.

At 1:30 PM on Saturday, May 26, Mount Auburn will hold our annual Service of Commemoration on Bigelow Chapel Lawn. This event is offered every year to set aside time to celebrate the lives of those who have gone before us and to experience the uniqueness of Mount Auburn as a memorial of living beauty and peace. Religious and community representatives will lead the outdoor event.

Space is limited for these special 175th Anniversary events. Please register online or call 617- 607-1995 to reserve your seat.

Learn about other spring programs at Mount Auburn.



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Mount Auburn Cemetery: Birch Gardens
An Innovative Approach to Burial & Memorialization

We are excited to report on a project now under construction at Mount Auburn, Birch Gardens, a unique new burial space.

Designed by Halvorson Design Partnership, Birch Gardens is one of the Cemetery's 175th Anniversary Legacy Projects and is expected to be completed during the summer of 2008.

Birch Gardens will be an innovative and elegant addition to Mount Auburn's landscape, consisting of seven-foot high, 16-inch thick granite panels connected by iron fencing, all weaving through a variety of woodland plantings both inside and outside the burial garden.

This project is another example of the Cemetery's longstanding "balancing act," weighing preservation, service and innovation so that each consideration complements the whole landscape.

Thumbnail rendering: Courtesy of Halvorson Design Partnership, Boston, MA.



The Friends of Mount Auburn Cemetery was established in 1986 as a non-profit educational trust to promote the appreciation and preservation of Mount Auburn. Join the Friends of Mount Auburn. Learn about volunteer opportunities at Mount Auburn.

Mount Auburn Cemetery is still a unique choice for burial and commemoration. It offers a wide variety of innovative interment and memorialization options for all. Learn about Mount Auburn's many burial and memorialization options.


Friends of Mount Auburn Cemetery

phone: 617-547-7105
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